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Thugs storm mahjong parlour in Hong Kong

Akio Wang

More than 30 gangsters poured into a gaming den to collect a HK$60 million debt in Sham Shui Po on Monday, damaging some mahjong tables and chairs.

September 5, 2023
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A university research team has captured footage of a group of poachers hunting turtles in the wilderness near Hong Kong’s border with China. The lifting of pandemic travel restrictions in February...00:47
Crime in Hong Kong
Illegal hunters caught on camera in rural Hong Kong
April 23, 2023
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A Hong Kong woman has been arrested in mainland China in connection with the murder of model Abby Choi. The 29-year-old suspect is accused of arranging a boat in an attempt to help another murder...01:36
Abby Choi - murder of a model
Seventh Abby Choi murder suspect arrested in mainland China
March 7, 2023
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The murder and dismemberment of a 28-year-old model and socialite have sent shock waves through Hong Kong, a city with the reputation for being one of the safest cities in the world. But the city...04:26
Abby Choi - murder of a model
Hong Kong’s gruesome history of killing and dismemberment
March 1, 2023
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Four former family members of a Hong Kong socialite, whose remains were found in a village house, were remanded in custody without bail after appearing in court on February 27, 2023, on charges of...01:41
Abby Choi - murder of a model
Ex-husband and in-laws charged with murder of Hong Kong model
February 27, 2023
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A landmark national security trial kicked off in Hong Kong on February 6, 2023. Forty-seven activists, politicians and former legislators face charges of conspiracy to commit subversion. Around one...02:22
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Hong Kong’s largest national security trial kicks off
February 6, 2023
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Hong Kong’s ban on cannabidiol (CBD), which is derived from cannabis, came into effect on February 1, 2023. Although legal in most countries, people caught possessing or using CBD in Hong Kong can...02:18
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Hong Kong CBD ban kicks in, with risk of life in jail
February 1, 2023
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Four people are in custody on suspicion they forced a 32-year-old woman into a van and drove away from a bus stop outside Hong Kong’s Stanley Prison on 17 December, 2022. Video circulating on...01:06
Crime in Hong Kong
Video shows woman being abducted in Hong Kong
December 18, 2022
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A Hong Kong court has fined retired Hong Kong Cardinal Zen and five other trustees up to HK$4,000 (US$512) each for failing to properly register a fund set up to provide legal defence for 2019 anti...02:28
Law
Hong Kong court fines 90-year-old Cardinal Zen and 5 other activists
November 25, 2022
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University student Ada Wong* never imagined that she could be swindled out of HK$270,000 (US$34,400) in a matter of days after receiving a WhatsApp message asking if she wanted to earn easy money....03:02
Crime in Hong Kong
Hong Kong victim loses HK$270,000 in online scam
November 17, 2022
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Hong Kong police have made their first arrests in connection with a July 28, 2022 accident when a giant video screen fell during a concert by popular boy band Mirror, critically injuring a dancer...02:11
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Police make first arrests over Mirror concert accident
November 11, 2022
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A jade necklace said to be worth about HK$22 million (US$2.8 million) was stolen in a brazen robbery at a jewellery store in Hong Kong’s busy Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district on October 10, 2022....01:28
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Hong Kong jewellery store robbed, 3 suspects on the run
October 10, 2022
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Hong Kong police are investigating a robbery in which about 80 luxury watches were stolen from a shop in the city’s Causeway Bay shopping district at lunchtime on August 31, 2022. Four robbers...06:03
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High-end watch heist in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay
August 31, 2022
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A 6km (3.7 mile) police chase ended when the driver of a pursued car failed to smash his way through a roadblock in a residential area of Ho Man Tin in Hong Kong on Friday, leaving two people...01:58
Crime in Hong Kong
Driver tries to smash past Hong Kong roadblock in viral video
August 24, 2024
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Man tries smuggling over 100 live snakes in his trousers
July 12, 2024
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Trouble in paradise for secluded Hong Kong estate
June 24, 2024
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Hong Kong politics
Hong Kong cancels activist Nathan Law’s passport
June 13, 2024
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Hong Kong celebrities and icons
Hong Kong film star sued over US$1.1 million loan
June 13, 2024
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Hong Kong national security law (NSL)
Six arrested under new domestic security law in Hong Kong
May 29, 2024
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Alleged robbers storm Hong Kong watch and jewellery store
May 7, 2024
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Hong Kong customs seize gold disguised as machine parts worth a record-breaking HK$84 million
April 10, 2024
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Hong Kong customs arrests 7 linked to HK$14 billion money-laundering ring
February 16, 2024